By IEC Executive Director Jen Walling
“Soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) in Illinois are the only locally based infrastructure that protect Illinois’ soil and water. Cuts to these programs have cost taxpayers money through dirtier water and soil erosion, as well as harm to the environment and public health. To protect Illinois’s valuable soil and water, legislators and the governor should fully fund these programs and work harder to bring federal dollars to Illinois conservation programs.”
COVID-19 produces mixed results on environment
April 25, 2020
While that may be a positive for the planet, it’s coming at a cost hundreds of thousands of infected people and millions of people without